Orrick Advises Bergfürst on Strategic Investment by Commerz Real

April.15.2019

Deutsch: Orrick berät Bergfürst bei strategischem Investment der Commerz Real

Orrick has advised Berlin based Bergfürst AG on the corporate venture capital investment by Commerzbank’s real estate subsidiary Commerz Real. Through this transaction, Commerz Real has acquired a 24.9% stake in Bergfürst and is now its second largest shareholder and strategic partner.

Bergfürst operates a crowdlending platform through which retail investors can invest in individual real estate objects or in real estate portfolios. The company was founded in 2011 by Dr. Guido Sandler and Dennis Bemmann and is today among the top 3 online platforms for real estate crowd-investing in Germany. Besides Commerz Real, current investors include inter alia Berliner Volksbank and the WELT media group.

Bergfürst has been advised by an Orrick team led by Düsseldorf based M&A partners Dr. Wilhelm Nolting-Hauff and Dr. Sven Greulich who already counseled the entrepreneur Guido Sandler on various transactional engagements in the past. Our team further included associate Dr. Johannes Rüberg (M&A and Private Equity, Düsseldorf), partner Dr. Christoph Rödter (M&A and Private Equity, Munich) and associate Onur Öztürk (M&A and Private Equity, Düsseldorf).

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Dr. Wilhelm Nolting-Hauff パートナー, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity

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Dr. Wilhelm Nolting-Hauff パートナー

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Wilhelm advises global companies and investors on complex, often cross-border M&A transactions. A particular focus is on clients from the China region, advising them on their investments in Germany.

He is regularly recommended in leading legal publications, including JUVE and Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, for his "precise negotiation and solution-oriented representation of clients' interests".

Wilhelm has been teaching at the University of Münster since 2003 in the Mergers & Acquisitions postgraduate course and regularly publishes papers on current topics in the areas of M&A, funds and private equity.

Dr. Sven Greulich, LL.M. (Cantuar), EMBA パートナー, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology Companies Group

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Dr. Sven Greulich, LL.M. (Cantuar), EMBA パートナー

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Sven advises technology companies on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital as well as growth investments, and provides general corporate counseling.

His clients include technology companies of all stages and their investors. Supported by a global and cross-practice team, he also counsels major corporations and scale-ups on international expansion and growth projects and has a special focus on in- and outbound German/US investments and joint ventures.

Sven is passionate about building a bridge for his clients from Germany to the US and other international technology hubs and to help them succeed in the international market. With a dual background in business and law, an entrepreneurial spirit, and experience in over 200 M&A transactions and financing rounds across many industries, Sven has a unique perspective, which inspires him to find the best strategic and commercially viable solution for his clients.

Sven volunteers with entrepreneur groups at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and the RWTH Aachen and regularly lectures at the WHU and the RWTH incubation and innovation centers on venture capital financings, start-up growth and corporate venture capital.

Sven's work has been repeatedly awarded, inter alia

the leading German market publication JUVE ranks him as "frequently recommended for M&A, PE and corporate advice. Since 2019, JUVE ranks Sven as one of Germany's top 15 attorneys for venture capital (the highest recognition for this category awarded by JUVE);
Legal500 recommends Sven in its 2023 ranking for "mid-sized international Corporate M&A deals (€100m-€500m)" and venture capital and lists him as an exceptional practitioner for venture capital;
Chambers recommends Sven for M&A as well as venture capital and lists him as an exceptional practitioner (2023);
Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt recommend him as top lawyer for M&A transactions (2023); and
in the 2017 edition of its Innovative Lawyers Report Europe, the Financial Times named Sven's work to connect start-ups with Germany's Mittelstand (mid-sized companies) a standout “for making bridges between Silicon Valley and Germany”.

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